Attachment for telephones.



PATENTE'D APR. 16

M. H. BLACK. ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONES.

APPLICATION IILEDMAB. 6,1907.

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Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT ()FETGE.

MORTIMER H. BLACK, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'Patented April 1.6, 1.907.

Application filed March 6. 1907. $erial Nor 360.876-

5 gheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Telephones, of which the following=is a specification, reference Lbeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an attachment for telephones .and the invention has for its object to provide a novel attachment for supporting a receiver in a convenient position while a message is being received'and transmitted over a telephone. 1

, AIlOlZ-LLBI object of this invention is to provide a simple attachment which can be easily and quick y adjusted to position the receiver in auseful and convenient position with rela tion to the transmitter of a telephone.

A further object of this invention is to provide a durable attachment-that can be readily fastened to the transmitter of an ordinary telephone, the attachment being provided receiver whileithe same is bein used.

With the above and other 0 jects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to'be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

I Referringto the drawlngs forming-a part of this specification, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in wliich.

r Figure 1 is a plan of a telephone equipped with my improved attachment, illustrating the." attachment, in an adjusted position in dotted lines; and Fig. 2 is an elevation of the attachment as disconnected from a telephone.

I construct'tlre telephone attachment of a metallic band or clamp 1, adapted to embrace the transmitter 2 of a telephone 3 the band or clamp bein retained upon the transmitter by a screw or olt 4. The band or clamp 1 is provided with diametrically-opposed pierced gs 5, and in said lugs is pivotally mounted a yoke 6, adapted to swing in a horizontal plane. The yoke 6 is provided with an outwardlyeextending tubular arm 7 adapted. to

telescope/a rod 8, said rod being held in'afixed position with the tubular ,arm- 7 b a setscrew 9', mounted in the outer e arm.

with novel means for temporarily holding aof said 10, carryin a vertically disp'osed support 11,

Upon the end of the rod 8 is mounted ahead which is a justably held within the head 10 by a set-screw 12; The upper end ofthe support 11 is provided with a clasp 14, comprismg two spring arms of clips 15, adapted to embrace the receiver 16 of the telephone 3.

Assuming that a person desires toireceive or transmit a message over the telephone 3, the receiver 16 is placed in the clip 14 and the yoke 6 and the arm 7 swung to sucha' position as to hold the receiver- 16 in close proximity to a persons ear, whereby the message being received can be distinctly understood through the receiver. In providing the adjustable rod 8 and the adjustable support 11 the attachment of the telephone can easily be adjusted to hold a receiver at a desired elevation and distance from the transmitter, and it will be observed from the illustration of my invention that the! adjusted position of' the receiver'permits of'a person standing close to the telephone without moving the attach-- ment while a message is being received or transmitted.

A feature of my invention resides in the fact that the attachment or receiver-holder eliminates the necessity of a person using one hand to support the receiver, thereby permitting of a person writing the message being received or performing some other duties Withrelieve persons of uncomfortable positions Whllfl recelvmg or transmitting messages.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isr 1. A telephone attachment consisting of a band or clam adapted to embrace the transmitter of a te ephone, diametrically-o posed pierced lugs carried by saidband, a yo e pivotally mounted in said lugs, a tubular arm carried b said yoke, a rod adjustably mounted in sai arm, a head carried by said rod, a support, adjustably mounted in said head,

and a'resilient clasp carried by saids'upport,

and adapted to embrace the'telephone-receiver, substantially as described.

'out having their entire attention detracted 2. The combination with a telephone justably supported by said yoke, a support transmitter andreceive1',ofa clamp embrael adjustably carried by said rod, a resilient ing said transmitter, a yoke pivotally eon- 1 clasp adapted to embrace saidf receiver, and neeted to said clamp, an arm carried bysaid means for attaching said yoke to said trans- I 5 yoke, and an adjustable rod mounted in said i -mitten. n q v arm, an adjustable support carried by said In testimony whereof I aflix my signature rod, and a resilient clasp carried by said supin the presence of two witnesses;

port and adapted to em brace said receiver. MORTIMER H. BLACK 3. The combination with the transmitter Witness es: r and receiver of a telephone, of a yoke pivot- MAX H. SROLOVITZ, ally supported by said transmitter, a rod ad- I A. J. TRIGG. 

